Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Please do not link to a paywalled article

[Valerie Paul (valerie.paul]

Well said Muriel!  We need to support the kind of journalism that the
Times/WaPo/Globe and others provide.

At the same time, pointing out that a linked article may be behind a
paywall (and, if possible, offering to send a gift link) might reduce
frustration.

Valerie

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 2:49 PM Muriel Kranowski <murielk [at] vt.edu> wrote:

> I am very much against the idea of evading paywalls put up by newspapers.
> They can't operate by giving away their product for free -- reporters,
> photographers, editors and all the other staff need salaries and equipment
> that their newspaper company must pay for. IMO it's really a kind of theft
> to try to read them without paying anything, unless you got a gift link
> from a subscriber.
>   Muriel
>
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 11:30 AM Joanie Connors <jvcphd [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Another thing you can do is use a paywall blocker. Mozilla Firefox has an
> > extension you can install, or there are others.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 9:22 AM Maggi <librarymaggi [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 11:02 AM David Heimann <heimann [at] theworld.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >        The New York Times has a policy of blocking access to their
> > > > articles to anyone who does subscribe to the paper.  Liz made a
> > > > reference to a New York Times article (see below), but neither I nor
> > > > anyone else who does not subscribe (I subscribe to a couple of other
> > > > papers, but not the Times for reasons I deem good and sufficient).
> > > > Could you (any anyone else) who is tempted to provide a link to a
> > > > subscription-only site either not do so, attach the article itself
> > (that
> > > > may be difficult to do here), or paraphrase the article instead?
> > >
> > >
> > > Here’s a link to the same article with a “gift access” link, so anyone
> > may
> > > read it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/magazine/im-jewish-and-dont-identify-as-white-why-must-i-check-that-box.html?unlocked_article_code=NtCHHek1Ww3J97I-ovla9CnzJWQN_i_qONlI6K2-WZquArVCHxwPcdkF9lpwrEWILBp0IFwuFOJW791n3qQmQrz-ZuoiF2Vhk_LCg0xWerwQWimNcVnPHkCjEUYK8a2XzUGPkieJ88h_FDHZLPODyY8kWCV3TkTpqttMGh0-IC-NrEc1yuLpbZ5vUYRpESVnv-xiH7b52ItfxoN1AjnAu64_0EtFi5ACtoTYi0tPVQu4IsBCRuSYo9mC2RrJ_tSLGlRZqsuOgZL0k1fWyrMM4VJKsIKsOT_y0pzL2dRIjXgqcVjF9rxACWfbmUqsopSWAOjokOhYp1XZv5trX-ZXHDprPh9m6nYJxIY4uuXQheJzfG3Pe9z3Ii79fXVP2K9neg1nsvRRGfg7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
> > >
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